US EditionSole Candidate Golovkin Confirmed as World Boxing President
- On Sunday at World Boxing's Congress in Rome, Gennady Golovkin was confirmed as president by acclamation as the sole candidate.
- World Boxing was created in 2023 to take over organising boxing at Los Angeles 2028 after provisional IOC recognition in February, following Boris van der Vorst's decision not to seek re-election.
- A former Olympic medallist, Golovkin won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics and twice held unified world middleweight championships.
- It is a privilege to be elected... but this is just the beginning, Golovkin said, pledging Olympic athletes will be central to decisions to restore trust ahead of Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane.
- Amid governance tensions, Manny Pacquiao became a vice-president of the rival International Boxing Association less than a month earlier, while the International Olympic Committee severed links with the IBA over governance and ethics.
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Kazakh Gennady Golovkin, former midweight world champion and Olympic runner-up in Athens 2004, was elected this Sunday president of World Boxing, a newly created International Boxing Federation. He was the only candidate and was appointed by acclamation at the organization’s Congress in Rome. “It is a privilege to be elected as the new president of World Boxing. But this is only the beginning. From today, athletes will be at the center of all de…
Gennady Golovkin Assumes Presidency of World Boxing | Sports-Games
Former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has been elected as the new president of World Boxing during the annual Congress in Rome. Golovkin aims to restore trust in Olympic boxing and secure its future in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, following the IOC's recognition of World Boxing.
Sole candidate Golovkin confirmed as World Boxing president
Former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin was confirmed as the new president of World Boxing on Sunday at the governing body's annual Congress in Rome. Kazakh Golovkin, once considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world and the winner of a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, was e
Kazakh Gennady Golovkin, a former middleweight world champion and silver medallist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, was elected President of the Young World Boxing Federation on Sunday.
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